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Sonia Gandhi; Gajendra Singh Shekhawat NEW DELHI: Union culture and tourism minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Sunday urged senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi to return correspondences and documents of the country’s first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru—the father of her mother-in-law and former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi—to the Prime Ministers’ Museum and Library (PMML).He asserted that…

JAGADHRI: In a prompt action, the Jagadhri City police station team have arrested a 20-year-old man accused of sexually assaulting a four-year-old girl in a residential colony here. The incident has sent shockwaves through the local community, highlighting once again the vulnerability of young children and the importance of swift police response in such heinous…

Congress MP Manickam Tagore (File photo) NEW DELHI: Congress MP Manickam Tagore on Sunday stoked controversy as he compared the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) with Islamic terror outfit Al-Qaeda, saying the BJP’s ideological mentor “breeds hatred and propagates hatred”.Reacting to Congress leader Digvijay Singh’s remark praising the organisational strength of the RSS, Tagore said, “there…

A Congress-run local club near Thalassery in Kannur district was vandalised on Saturday night, police said on Sunday.The Congress alleged that workers of the ruling CPM were behind the attack, claiming it was triggered by their defeat in the recent local body elections.The incident reportedly occurred at the Priyadarshini Club in the Mathumbhagam area of…

JAIPUR: The Rajasthan government has launched a new digital communication platform, ‘e-Swasthya Samvad’, to improve governance, transparency and coordination in the medical education department, officials said on Sunday. The initiative has been introduced under the direction of chief minister Bhajanlal Sharma and medical education minister Gajendra Singh Khimsar as part of efforts to strengthen health…

NEW DELHI: Security agencies in Meghalaya on Sunday rejected claims by the Bangladesh Police that the killers of student leader Sharif Osman Hadi had entered the state. They termed the allegations as unfounded and misleading.“There is no evidence to suggest that any individual crossed the international border from the Haluaghat sector into Meghalaya. The BSF…

DEHRADUN: The Uttarakhand government has taken the murder case of Tripura student Angel Chakma “very seriously”, a release from the chief minister’s office said on Sunday.Chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami stated that such incidents are “completely unacceptable” in the state, and the government will “deal strictly with anti-social elements”. “Those involved in such crimes will…

The 2017 Unnao rape survivor has expressed fear for her children’s safety after the Delhi High Court suspended the life sentence of expelled BJP leader Kuldeep Sengar. The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear the CBI’s plea against the order. Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh’s RSS remarks stirred a debate within the Congress party and…

Golam Nabi Azad, son of Janata Unnayan Party (JUP) chief Humayun Kabir, was arrested on Sunday after he allegedly assaulted a police officer posted at his family residence in Murshidabad district, police said.A senior police officer told PTI that Azad, also known as Sohel, was taken into custody after constable Jumma Khan lodged a complaint…

NEW DELHI: Veteran politician Digvijaya Singh reacted to the RSS praise controversy on Sunday, categorically assuring that Congress was “united”. He targeted the Bharatiya Janata Party for attempting to “sow discord” within the “Nehru-Gandhi family”.“There is no difference in ideology. We (Congress) are all united, and this Nehru-Gandhi family is a family in which two…